Springer Context-Informed Perspectives of Child Risk and Protection in Israel: 10 (Child Maltreatment, 10)

This volume adopts a context-informed framework exploring risk, maltreatment, well-being and protection of children in diverse groups in Israel. It incorporates the findings of seven case studies conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's NEVET Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need. Each case study applies a context-informed approach to the study of perspectives of risk and protection among parents, children and professionals from different communities in Israel, utilizing varied qualitative methodologies. The volume analyses the importance of studying children and parents's perspectives in diverse societies and stresses the need for a context-informed perspective in designing prevention and intervention programs for children at risk and their families living in diverse societies. It further explores potential contribution to theory, research, practice, policy and training in the area of child maltreatment. From the Back Cover This volume adopts a context-informed framework exploring risk, maltreatment, well-being and protection of children in diverse groups in Israel. It incorporates the findings of seven case studies conducted at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's NEVET Greenhouse of Context-Informed Research and Training for Children in Need. Each case study applies a context-informed approach to the study of perspectives of risk and protection among parents, children and professionals from different communities in Israel, utilizing varied qualitative methodologies. The volume analyses the importance of studying children and parents's perspectives in diverse societies and stresses the need for a context-informed perspective in designing prevention and intervention programs for children at risk and their families living in diverse societies. It further explores potential contribution to theory, research, practice, policy and training in the area of child maltreatment. About the Author Professor Dorit Roer-Strier is a faculty member at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a clinical and developmental psychologist and the director of Nevet - a greenhouse for context informed research and training for children and families in need. Dorit specializes in family studies in diverse groups, and changing cultural contexts such as immigration, religious change and political conflict.  Dr. Yochay Nadan is a faculty member at the Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He completed his Ph.D at the University of Haifa, followed by a Haruv post-doctoral fellowship at Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. In his research, Dr. Nadan focuses on cultural and cross-cultural aspects of research, direct practice and training in social work; cultural aspects of children in at-risk situations, including abuse and neglect; and clinical social work with families. Alongside his academic career, Yochay is a certified marital and family therapist.